Obstacles

“When I start out to travel on some road,
I look for blocks to where I want to go;
Show me the blocks and pitfalls on my way,
So I can pick the route I'll take today.

“Once all the blocks are clearly pointed out,
The space between is where I plan my route;
I cannot see the blocks as clear as you,
But sense the gaps – that dominates my view.

“It's how I play so well the game of chess –
You make your moves, your strategy I guess;
Then walk between the factors in my way,
And triumph fast – a game of life I play.

“Today you wanted me to cut some cards;
I could not see, for me that made it hard;
Then grandpa pointed out the plastic guides,
And blocks of blue with channel white inside.

“Then how to make the cuts came into view –
Line blocks with guides, then go between the two;
Help me to see the obstacles you see –
I sense the gaps between, for that is me.

“But, grandpa's hard for me to play in chess,
For grandpa's game – to me it's just a mess;
I'd hoped he played his game the way I do –
With strategy to guide – that thought would rule.

“But no, he's helter-skelter, here and there;
I cannot see his plan, and thus prepare;
When I can't see the blocks, I sense no gaps;
Each time I move, to him I tip my hat.

“At first appeared no system in his thought,
A blizzard of distraction's what I got;
And then I saw it – ‘blizzard is his way’–
Behind, he's interactive all the way.

“For he’s a ‘giver-finance’ type like me;
But more than that, ‘encourager’ I see;
Encouragers zip here and there with ease,
So blizzard-making in his game's a breeze.

“But he’s not in that snowstorm which I see,
He's in behind – and thinking just like me;
He watches to pick up my strategy,
So he can go through gaps, my players seize.

“So now his blizzard-making's just a block
For me to go around in road I walk;
I look behind the blizzard, watch his plan,
Then play my game – a cinch to beat that man!

“That's what I mean ’bout starting on some road –
Show me the blocks to where I want to go;
You see so well the blocks, I sense the gaps,
So now between us two, will skin the cat.”

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